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tell us about john adams. >> i really should be grateful to john adams because it is john adams consistent violation of the rule of secrecy in his letters home to abby gail that let us know as much as we do what was going on in the continental congress. they really were bound by the rule of secrecy but john adams never obeyed it. so that's helpful. and it is also the case his emotional commitment to independence much earlier on than most of the delegates drove all of that forward but believe me there were times when his fellow delegates just wanted to wring his neck because he really could be obnoxious in his passionate advocacy of his own points of view. and i will say, you know, because john, two of our founding fathers, thomas jefferson and john adams, have these dozens and dozens and dozens of volumes of correspondence. so we know what they thought about everything. in john adams's case we know what he thought about everyone. if he didn't like you he would let abigail know about it. therefore we historians know about it. this book is not an anti-david mccull lock book. i loved the hbo
tell us about john adams. >> i really should be grateful to john adams because it is john adams consistent violation of the rule of secrecy in his letters home to abby gail that let us know as much as we do what was going on in the continental congress. they really were bound by the rule of secrecy but john adams never obeyed it. so that's helpful. and it is also the case his emotional commitment to independence much earlier on than most of the delegates drove all of that forward but...
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with a few exceptions john adams never met with john dickinson. with a few exceptions, even when they disagreed on important issues they have some respect for their colleagues. i'm old enough to remember a time in washington when edward dirksen and lyndon baines johnson who might i disagree on the senate floor but then they would get together in the evening and work out a deal or tip o'neill and ronald reagan even. so there is something i think that we need to do something about that. not have these folks drive home every thursday afternoon and raise money for the next election campaign. >> and compulsory alcohol. [laughter] >> that's right. >> my favorite story if you will allow me about chief justice john marshall was it sounds like you did the exact same thing. he persuaded his colleagues to live together in same boarding house and they would discuss supreme court cases over the marshall's favorite drink which was madeira and all would get busted all the cases were unanimous. [laughter] then of course there was the famous moment when marshall l
with a few exceptions john adams never met with john dickinson. with a few exceptions, even when they disagreed on important issues they have some respect for their colleagues. i'm old enough to remember a time in washington when edward dirksen and lyndon baines johnson who might i disagree on the senate floor but then they would get together in the evening and work out a deal or tip o'neill and ronald reagan even. so there is something i think that we need to do something about that. not have...
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[applause] so john dickinson, john adams who are really do want to say quite a lot about tonight, john dickinson called him the piddling little genius. he was john adams chief adversary during that 22 months between september 74 and july 4th of 76. dickinson was, when this book begins, and the book essentially initially begins with the boston tea party because that really was the kind of event that really takes the british off and convince them that they had to do something to put these americans down. the main focus of the book really is the 22 months in which the continental congress met. half the time the continental congress met john dickinson was probably the most respected political writer and thinker in america. his letters from a farmer in pennsylvania really spelled out the american constitutional position and the denial of the right of the british parliament to tax them. he was in every respect john adams polar opposite. he was then, rather reserved in manner. and it a man of great caution both in his thought and speech and really important and decisive and difficult moments
[applause] so john dickinson, john adams who are really do want to say quite a lot about tonight, john dickinson called him the piddling little genius. he was john adams chief adversary during that 22 months between september 74 and july 4th of 76. dickinson was, when this book begins, and the book essentially initially begins with the boston tea party because that really was the kind of event that really takes the british off and convince them that they had to do something to put these...
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so they called him john john, stanley called him irving. anyway, mrs. kennedy took a vacation, and she went to greece after the death of their child in august of 1963, little patrick kennedy. and the day she left washington, ellen lincoln called stanley and said the president says the coast is clear, and you better get over here. [laughter] so stanley arrived at the white house, and he waited. and i guess -- yes. this is probably the most iconic photograph taken of the president in the oval office. john john came over to say good night to his father, and he ran to play in his secret place which was under the president's desk. and he popped out, opened the door, and stanley knew that he had a photograph. and stanley said to me, he said i know when i shove off, that's the only picture anybody's or going to remember. -- anybody's ever going to remember. and it is quite true. in all of his obits, they did run this picture. this is caroline coming down to see her father before she started school up in the white house solarium. mrs. kennedy didn't want the ch
so they called him john john, stanley called him irving. anyway, mrs. kennedy took a vacation, and she went to greece after the death of their child in august of 1963, little patrick kennedy. and the day she left washington, ellen lincoln called stanley and said the president says the coast is clear, and you better get over here. [laughter] so stanley arrived at the white house, and he waited. and i guess -- yes. this is probably the most iconic photograph taken of the president in the oval...
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that bridge and john carlos, co-author of "the john carlos story." >> good evening. i am delighted, truly delighted to see all of you here this evening because this is an extraordinary evening and program. i am rob vaughan, which produces the book festival and programs. [applause] i am here to tell you this is the coldest book festival in history. it's a short history. 19 years of the nonetheless it is the coldest and does not appear to be getting better tomorrow or the next day either. sprint it began at 7:02 a.m. sunday. i'm sure none of you notice. we began that morning with the 19th annual virginia festival of books. next year, we might get a comeback for the 20th, which will begin on march the 19th and run to the 23rd. so removing back a day. we expect it to be warmer nonetheless. i'd like to remind you that couple things. one is that we would like a match if you make sure your cell phones are turned off for now it's a good time to do that. i'd appreciate it. the other is how space will be up most of the evening. c-span is recording the event. if you are shy and
that bridge and john carlos, co-author of "the john carlos story." >> good evening. i am delighted, truly delighted to see all of you here this evening because this is an extraordinary evening and program. i am rob vaughan, which produces the book festival and programs. [applause] i am here to tell you this is the coldest book festival in history. it's a short history. 19 years of the nonetheless it is the coldest and does not appear to be getting better tomorrow or the next day...
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congressman john lewis. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> we are going to start with a few minutes from each ear this morning to talk about anything they would like to talk about about their own stories. we will begin with john carlos. >> you need to forgive me. [laughter] >> not to worry. >> i almost went to the restroom. as i stated, it's a real honor for me to be here in charlottesville and before being stopped i was about to say an extreme pleasure and honor for me to be here with congressman lewis. we have been traveling parallel roads for a long time but we have never crossed one another's paths. i am just so thankful to god. [applause] i'm just so thankful that god put us together before relieved to have one-on-one with the lord. he is a great human being and i'm just so honored to be here to share this evening with him tonight and get ready for a good show. >> thank you very much. dr. john carlos i must tell you i'm delighted and pleased to be with you. thank you for your service. thank you for all
congressman john lewis. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> we are going to start with a few minutes from each ear this morning to talk about anything they would like to talk about about their own stories. we will begin with john carlos. >> you need to forgive me. [laughter] >> not to worry. >> i almost went to the restroom. as i stated, it's a real honor for me to be here in charlottesville and before being stopped i was about to say an extreme pleasure and honor for me...
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this is what he was going to -- develop a man crush on john roberts. the truth is i took very seriously. i would assume he would do what he said he did. i he a mixed success in avoiding 5-4 decisions during the five or so years during the chief justiceship. notable failures like citizens united. i thought he would do what he said. toward the beginning of may i wrote piecing say he cared about institutional legitimacy and wanted to avoid 5-4 votes if he were to invalidate the health care act and disregard the institutional legitimacy he wouldn't a-- i thought it was the blatantly obvious he articulated an earnest vision it was an testament. i learned from josh's book i was the head of a conspiracy that the dinner of george's house, i thought it was a book party inspect fact, discussion of judicial restraint galvanize george and other conservative commentators to resist my effort to intimidate the chief justice. it was around this time i learned from josh that chief justice roberts was beginning to wobble. it was report he shifted his vote from a initial
this is what he was going to -- develop a man crush on john roberts. the truth is i took very seriously. i would assume he would do what he said he did. i he a mixed success in avoiding 5-4 decisions during the five or so years during the chief justiceship. notable failures like citizens united. i thought he would do what he said. toward the beginning of may i wrote piecing say he cared about institutional legitimacy and wanted to avoid 5-4 votes if he were to invalidate the health care act and...
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i want to talk about the main character in the book, one of the favorite characters, and that's john, a young -- he's 16 when you meet him? >> 15. >> yeah, he's 15 years old, and what's interesting is 40% of the population is under 18 which has a number of implications, but one of which is obviously that notion of nation's history is very compact and do not experience the struggle, and the other part, of course, in south africa, like so many other countries has been hit by the globalization of their economy and so it's led to, as it has here, this incredible divide between those who have and those who don't, and those who don't tend to be the young people, and john is this young boy who when you meet him is essentially homeless. >> yeah. he's living on the street, sleeping in an alley when i first meet him, having run away from a township nope as atlantis, not the mere rack cue louse place, but a real place part of the formal process of appartide, removing people, eliminating the black spots from places like cape town, and people were pushed out, in this case, about 40 miles away from
i want to talk about the main character in the book, one of the favorite characters, and that's john, a young -- he's 16 when you meet him? >> 15. >> yeah, he's 15 years old, and what's interesting is 40% of the population is under 18 which has a number of implications, but one of which is obviously that notion of nation's history is very compact and do not experience the struggle, and the other part, of course, in south africa, like so many other countries has been hit by the...
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john wayne story? nobody knows that john wayne story? shoney and i went to a movie, and john wayne was going to ride down this arroyo, and i said, shoney, john wayne's going to get hammered. the indians are going to get him, and there's going to be all kinds of arrows and guns. and he said, no, not going to happen, not john wayne. and i said, i'll bet you a buck. sure enough, john wayne went down there, and he got hammer ld, and he comes riding out and just barely makes it. after the movie i reach into my pocket, and i say, here. shoney, here's the buck i owe you. he says, no, i can't take it. he said, i'd seen the movie before. [laughter] and i said, well, i said, well, you know, actually, so had i. i just couldn't believe john was going to do it that way again. [laughter] and i'm not sure i would have done anything different. i would have done it that way again. so much -- i'm not good at parables i've decided all of a sudden, but we'll try. they stripped me nude. i had a ring on my dog tags, and can
john wayne story? nobody knows that john wayne story? shoney and i went to a movie, and john wayne was going to ride down this arroyo, and i said, shoney, john wayne's going to get hammered. the indians are going to get him, and there's going to be all kinds of arrows and guns. and he said, no, not going to happen, not john wayne. and i said, i'll bet you a buck. sure enough, john wayne went down there, and he got hammer ld, and he comes riding out and just barely makes it. after the movie i...
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another is a gentleman named john hart. both of these men have similar qualifications, they are all about the same age, all three lawyers, former members of the legislature. similar qualifications. lincoln's first the convention, his county, they are going to nominate delegates to a congressional meeting where the nominee for the whig party will be chosen. you are an ambitious whig in illinois is your only hope to move up, you are not going to be elected governor or get chosen for u.s. senate by the legislature. if you are an upwardly mobile whig in 1843 this was your chance. so lincoln at the county convention, it doesn't go as he planned. at least one of the newspapers reported that if he had hung in into nightfall his supporters would show up later in the day, maybe outnumbering baker's people. as it stands, lincoln ends up at a convention but edward baker, his opponent, lincoln said it was similar to being the guy who gets cut out of a relationship, gets his girlfriend stolen from a man has to stand up. lincoln goes to
another is a gentleman named john hart. both of these men have similar qualifications, they are all about the same age, all three lawyers, former members of the legislature. similar qualifications. lincoln's first the convention, his county, they are going to nominate delegates to a congressional meeting where the nominee for the whig party will be chosen. you are an ambitious whig in illinois is your only hope to move up, you are not going to be elected governor or get chosen for u.s. senate...
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so pope john paul was very, very aware of that unfair comment about them. so i would, i wouldty that would have flavored -- i would think that would have flavored his feelings about the attack on the clergy and his time on earth here. and also don't you think that the accusations had to be, had to be investigated thoroughly by the bishops? a lot of people accuse pope john paul of not reacting fast enough, but that wasn't the routine. it had to go through the bishops s and it had to be -- and it could take years. what is your comment on those things? just thank you, kathy. >> caller: thanks for the question. there is no question as i show in the second volume of my biography of john paul ii, the end and the beginning, that charges of sexual impropriety were used on a regular basis by communist secret intelligence services throughout the warsaw pact countries as a way to attack the church. and it may be that john paul ii's familiarity with that act tick was one factor -- tactic was one factor in what some regard as slow response from the vatican in 2002 to th
so pope john paul was very, very aware of that unfair comment about them. so i would, i wouldty that would have flavored -- i would think that would have flavored his feelings about the attack on the clergy and his time on earth here. and also don't you think that the accusations had to be, had to be investigated thoroughly by the bishops? a lot of people accuse pope john paul of not reacting fast enough, but that wasn't the routine. it had to go through the bishops s and it had to be -- and it...
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not so john adams. he had a lot to do with that with his legal career but that ended 50 years before his death. as a lawyer -- i think the financial records survived as well as the correspondence did, of we would see pretty good evidence that abigail had much to do with the family's wealth as he did. i had a pet theory early on in this project that maybe her success as a financial manager would leave a visible trace in the written record. i am interested in all these statements in favor of women's rights, she made them not only to her husband john, the lady's letter got an excerpt there but she wrote her niece's talking about women's education and advocating that to lot of other men, her husband. her pet theory was maybe if we take this release statement in favor of women's rights in 1776, and compare to what she wrote at the end war, we would see her more fired up, more confident and making stronger demand. i want to tell you the base of that, and how did she do so well financially? the three ways she
not so john adams. he had a lot to do with that with his legal career but that ended 50 years before his death. as a lawyer -- i think the financial records survived as well as the correspondence did, of we would see pretty good evidence that abigail had much to do with the family's wealth as he did. i had a pet theory early on in this project that maybe her success as a financial manager would leave a visible trace in the written record. i am interested in all these statements in favor of...
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john said it and it's true. people like me who want to research american history are incredibly dependent on the resources of the national archives. i and my research assistants, including josh israel, who is up there someplace and is going to give us some entertainment with johnson and king talking, could not possibly have gotten as far as we got in trying to unravel this story. without the resources of the archives and the unfailingly courteous, bright, helpful people from the archives. i want to personally thank them not only on behalf of myself but in behalf of other people who work in this field. they are just great. the idea of this book was sort of a gamble. it was a hunch. i wondered -- there have been lots of books written about king. there have been lots of books written about johnson. there have been lots of books written about civil rights, but no one had taken johnson and king together, put them under a microscope, and watched what they did day by day through an incredible period of history. a two-y
john said it and it's true. people like me who want to research american history are incredibly dependent on the resources of the national archives. i and my research assistants, including josh israel, who is up there someplace and is going to give us some entertainment with johnson and king talking, could not possibly have gotten as far as we got in trying to unravel this story. without the resources of the archives and the unfailingly courteous, bright, helpful people from the archives. i...
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john crane, jill johnson, victor elmore, rubin is here. we're so happy to have all of you here today. there's so many friends and family and professional colleagues. we're so honored to have all of you here to be here to celebrate the museum's history and to look back on how this museum became a reality. i've written a book about the history of this museum and as an introduction today, before i introduce these two ladies, i want to go back in time a little bit and provide also context, and we understand what happened here to this site between november 22, 1963, and when these fine ladies became involved in this project in the 1970s. and we have to start, of course, with the day of the assassination. we wouldn't be here today, speak in this historic setting, without these two women. and we -- that is great. and we're honored to have them here with us today. i want to given with the assassination of president kennedy which had a profound impact on people around the world, but here in dallas, this was a devastating tragedy that left indelible
john crane, jill johnson, victor elmore, rubin is here. we're so happy to have all of you here today. there's so many friends and family and professional colleagues. we're so honored to have all of you here to be here to celebrate the museum's history and to look back on how this museum became a reality. i've written a book about the history of this museum and as an introduction today, before i introduce these two ladies, i want to go back in time a little bit and provide also context, and we...
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so lincoln served not only with john quincy adams, but a man named alexander stevens. stevens will go on to serve as the vice president of the confederacy. how many people have seen the lincoln movie? yes, it's an excellent movie. he is on negotiations and he's talking to the commissioner from commissioner from the confederacy. one of those is alexander stevens it was in the days when political parties were in america. they were both part of the presidential campaign together. lincoln also served with jefferson davis. he is over in the u.s. senate, president of the confederacy in america. lincoln's second vice president, the man who replaced him, andrew johnson. for so many of these people who would later become critical in the civil war and become important to lincoln's rise to the presidency, they were all there in 30th congress. it is fascinating to watch them interact with these people. before any of them could imagine what role they would play later in history. well, there was nothing bigger than the mexican-american war. they were trying to figure out what is goi
so lincoln served not only with john quincy adams, but a man named alexander stevens. stevens will go on to serve as the vice president of the confederacy. how many people have seen the lincoln movie? yes, it's an excellent movie. he is on negotiations and he's talking to the commissioner from commissioner from the confederacy. one of those is alexander stevens it was in the days when political parties were in america. they were both part of the presidential campaign together. lincoln also...
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there've ago, john fulton reynolds. john reynolds was drifting to three armored car which made up the army of the potomac's left wing. and it was he who really precipitated an encounter at gettysburg. reynoldreynolds complained to at doubled to recommend one of roses divisions that if meade gave the rebels time by dilatory measures or by taking up defensive positions, they would strip pennsylvania of everything. reynolds was eager to attack the enemy at once, to prevent is pondering the whole state. in his last message to meade on july 1, last because in a few minutes the reynolds would be shot dead by a confederate skirmisher as the battle opened west of gettysburg, reynolds said while i am aware that it is not your desire to force an engagement at that point, still i feel at liberty to advance and develop the strength of the enemy. even after reynolds f., meade still tried to recall his prematurely committed troops from gettysburg. reynolds successor in command of the left wing, howard, was rumored to have received fi
there've ago, john fulton reynolds. john reynolds was drifting to three armored car which made up the army of the potomac's left wing. and it was he who really precipitated an encounter at gettysburg. reynoldreynolds complained to at doubled to recommend one of roses divisions that if meade gave the rebels time by dilatory measures or by taking up defensive positions, they would strip pennsylvania of everything. reynolds was eager to attack the enemy at once, to prevent is pondering the whole...
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every word of that comes from john kennedy's mouth. that's what he said. so, my belief is that he would have gotten out. but not frontally. he was conscious enough of the problems not to, for instance, good on television and say, my fellow americans, we can't win here. we just -- no matter how strong we are no matter how many people we put in vietnam, we can't win this because -- it's not central to american security. that domino theory i once espoused, the philippines will not be threatened if south vietnam fall, which was the belief of many policymakers. so he kind of stalls through '64. when the pt boats are attacked he does not ask for a gulf of tonkin resolution help doesn't want to be given a blank check because the hawks will demand i cash it. and in 1964 he has a second summit meeting with nikita khrushchev, which was on the table, and he cuts a deal with khrushchev, could not stir stuff up and we can get out of this thing. and basically i think in the back of his mind, he knew, that sooner or later vietnam would fall, but needed to fall later. in
every word of that comes from john kennedy's mouth. that's what he said. so, my belief is that he would have gotten out. but not frontally. he was conscious enough of the problems not to, for instance, good on television and say, my fellow americans, we can't win here. we just -- no matter how strong we are no matter how many people we put in vietnam, we can't win this because -- it's not central to american security. that domino theory i once espoused, the philippines will not be threatened if...
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his youngest brother john was just two years old at the time of the tragic event and one of the first memories was watching his father's lifeless body being carried away with the financial help with family friends warned could continue at harvard and later served as a surrogate parent for his brother's particularly for john who recently finished medical apprenticeships and was now a doctor in salem. at harvard and is pursuing extra curricular activities was to ising he had performed a play in his dorm room and he joined the college militia company and classmates told the story of how or responded to being locked out of a meeting of fellow students and instead of pounding at the door he made his way to the roof and shimmy down the rainspout and climbed into the open window just as he was making his entrance the stock collapsed to the ground with the spectacular crash and he shrugged that it had served its purpose for a boy who had lost his father to a fatal fifth fall it was bravado and he dared to do what should have terrified him but having shown an interest in medicine was finding h
his youngest brother john was just two years old at the time of the tragic event and one of the first memories was watching his father's lifeless body being carried away with the financial help with family friends warned could continue at harvard and later served as a surrogate parent for his brother's particularly for john who recently finished medical apprenticeships and was now a doctor in salem. at harvard and is pursuing extra curricular activities was to ising he had performed a play in...
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john cassidy had a terrific reputation for hospitality. he was no for the really great dinners he would serve. so use well-known all over the area and that's why the president of the united days to come here because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. the last year to establish restaurant in baltimore and washington city. when you think about george washington, you think of them as living the revolutionary war and being this is correct or in your dollar bill. but what is needed that gadsby's tavern is you see and dining and drinking, dancing. he loved to dance, telling stories, meeting friends to your and having conversations. ecm is a real person, not as a statue. we are at right now the ballroom and george washington love to dance. and all the ladies who they wanted to dance with him. the most famous person in the united states is a big thrill. in 1798 in 1799, they came here for birth date falls. the music was a gallery. you have to go through the door to get in there. virginians love to dance. we have against geo
john cassidy had a terrific reputation for hospitality. he was no for the really great dinners he would serve. so use well-known all over the area and that's why the president of the united days to come here because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. the last year to establish restaurant in baltimore and washington city. when you think about george washington, you think of them as living the revolutionary war and being this is correct or in your dollar bill. but what is...
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. >> next on booktv, john shaw recounts john f. kennedy's tenure in the u.s. senate serving in the 1953-1960 where he engaged in the debates of the day and developed the political acumen that served him during his presidency. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> my, it's great to be around this table once again today, because we've had some wonderful breakfasts with ambassadors from all over the world. i think in due course we will have a chance to visit with all of them. the conversations go beyond breakfast, they continue on until everything going on in the world and how, in fact, diplomacy might better interact with our congress, with our administration, with others in washington, our leadership. i'm excited about this idea, and, of course, it really follows through with work that my friend john shaw has done. he's inspired me really to have a new chapter in my life after the senate, continuing to think about the rest of the world, think about ways in which those who wish to offer service might be more effective. and more humane. let me just
. >> next on booktv, john shaw recounts john f. kennedy's tenure in the u.s. senate serving in the 1953-1960 where he engaged in the debates of the day and developed the political acumen that served him during his presidency. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> my, it's great to be around this table once again today, because we've had some wonderful breakfasts with ambassadors from all over the world. i think in due course we will have a chance to visit with all of...
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you know john wilkes booth killed abraham lincoln. how could my other books surprise you with that information? i discovered readers seem to like telling the tale. tell the story as it happened, as though people don't know the ending, week by week, hour by hour, day by day, minute by minute or in the case of bill street in front of the texas book depository second by second and don't tell readers anything a person living at the time wouldn't have known before it happened and the manhunt for john wilkes booth. i don't want you to know what is going to happen on day 10. the story of the kennedy assassination when i tell you about lee harvey oswald seven months before president kennedy assassinating an army general with a rifle i don't want you to know he's going to kill president kennedy. another way is through reports of what happened through the eyes that saw it. there is incredible newspaper and television and radio coverage that came out of the kennedy assassination. it is almost as though shakespeare was providing the lines to thes
you know john wilkes booth killed abraham lincoln. how could my other books surprise you with that information? i discovered readers seem to like telling the tale. tell the story as it happened, as though people don't know the ending, week by week, hour by hour, day by day, minute by minute or in the case of bill street in front of the texas book depository second by second and don't tell readers anything a person living at the time wouldn't have known before it happened and the manhunt for...
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i went on the show, and mancow said you'll be amused to know john ashcroft is going to be on the show with you. would you like to ask a question? i would certainly like to ask a question so the question was you demonized the securities and the screeners, riven their lives, and how do you feel about that now? and then he said we were in a panic. those screeners come those 25,000 who didn't look like us were replaced from the eyes that looked like they were from west point that became the tsa. they didn't get their jobs. the government hired a private recruiting firm for the sole purpose of avoiding hiring laws and so the screeners who don't know how to work the machines and understood their process were not rehired. and let me tell you the result five years later. the current tsa work force according to the secret tests by the department of homeland security catch about half of the test articles the private screeners did. the private screeners cost $700 million a year. the new screeners are $6 billion a year. the one thing the 9/11 commission told us was get the intelligence st.. if yo
i went on the show, and mancow said you'll be amused to know john ashcroft is going to be on the show with you. would you like to ask a question? i would certainly like to ask a question so the question was you demonized the securities and the screeners, riven their lives, and how do you feel about that now? and then he said we were in a panic. those screeners come those 25,000 who didn't look like us were replaced from the eyes that looked like they were from west point that became the tsa....
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instead of saying that john cried, i would show john crying so the reader will know that john is crying itch don't have to tell them job -- john is crying, so this is how i write, and this comes from the oral tradition of story-telling. you have a capture they're emergencies and smell and be part of that experience. you have to tap into theirs imagination. >> host: where did the title come from? >> guest: "radiance of tomorrow." the title comes from somewhere in the book where there's a woman who is based on my grandmother, she is trying to tell the whole story to some of the young people and a really comes from a particular event where she is telling the story why they should be hopeful for life to go forward. >> host: you talk in your second book, "radiance of tomorrow" about the war that never ended. you make a mention of the civil war, the ten-year war that has really never ended. >> guest: yes, because what -- when wars end -- it's kind of devastation, sort of the physical wounds are the ones that are more visible and heal quicker and everybody can see that. but internal wounds, th
instead of saying that john cried, i would show john crying so the reader will know that john is crying itch don't have to tell them job -- john is crying, so this is how i write, and this comes from the oral tradition of story-telling. you have a capture they're emergencies and smell and be part of that experience. you have to tap into theirs imagination. >> host: where did the title come from? >> guest: "radiance of tomorrow." the title comes from somewhere in the book...
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john mentioned decoration of independence. you can bring it up to ronald reagan talking about human rights around the world. the united states has this almost sinmatic -- you rm look at hollywood and say america has an image of itself as a land of freedom, opportunity, and democracy. and i'm not going to evaluate that. i'm not going to give my judgment how true or false it. i'll say that is -- excuse me. an image that the united states projects. and organically projected from the culture its. other countries use different types of soft power. for instance, france, i saw a little popup on the internet -- don't ask me how i found it. it popped up there. it was about investing in france. businesses in france. and it had a person with a french accent. which immediately pegs it as something that is soft power. language is definitely soft power. it said i know you want to invest in -- [inaudible] [laughter] each day in france we have 2,500 companies that invest. and it went on like that. it was charming. i kept watching. then it sai
john mentioned decoration of independence. you can bring it up to ronald reagan talking about human rights around the world. the united states has this almost sinmatic -- you rm look at hollywood and say america has an image of itself as a land of freedom, opportunity, and democracy. and i'm not going to evaluate that. i'm not going to give my judgment how true or false it. i'll say that is -- excuse me. an image that the united states projects. and organically projected from the culture its....
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>> john f. kennedy had wonderful phrases, the new frontier was is that they were more eloquent in the sense of their ability to give speeches. they didn't have -- wasn't that they created a term that was everlasting. some have interesting -- go to new frontier, truman had some nice ones. brought back an old american term, truman -- have all got stories. my favorite was truman was having trouble with congress and invoked an instrument, a metal instrument that is used to relieve pressure in organic places. in a freeze in missouri was the bull or a cow would eat too much clover there would be a huge amount of gas inside the animal and they would in search a device that would create a whistling sound that would cascade along the prairie and truman wrote to one of his aides and the buck stops here, jumping around a little bit, actually a sign that was an allusion to poker. it actually was a friend of his had brought it from a prison gift shop where one of the prisoners had carved it on a piece of woo
>> john f. kennedy had wonderful phrases, the new frontier was is that they were more eloquent in the sense of their ability to give speeches. they didn't have -- wasn't that they created a term that was everlasting. some have interesting -- go to new frontier, truman had some nice ones. brought back an old american term, truman -- have all got stories. my favorite was truman was having trouble with congress and invoked an instrument, a metal instrument that is used to relieve pressure in...
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john mccain they tend to lose. [laughter] i was very pleased to see bob dole in the senate floor last week. he was one of my favorites, not simply because he's from my part of the world, but dole rhymes with a lot of things. old king kole. sauteed ease care row. the president's -- the people who actually win the presidency tend 0 to have bad names for rhyming. bush sounds easy because it's nice one syllable name rhymes with tush, but that's disrespectful and i never did that. [laughter] when george h. w. bush left office, i wanted to write him a poem. fortunately i had he had a lot of middle names, so the poem was ado to you, george, herbert walker issue in never treasured as talker your predicates were prone to wander boundless off alone. you can your best in your own way, the way your country day, just relax, and take your ease, and never order japanese. [laughter] clinton is a bad name. i've often said that clinton is the orange of american presidents. and bill clinton's second term, during the unpleasantness --
john mccain they tend to lose. [laughter] i was very pleased to see bob dole in the senate floor last week. he was one of my favorites, not simply because he's from my part of the world, but dole rhymes with a lot of things. old king kole. sauteed ease care row. the president's -- the people who actually win the presidency tend 0 to have bad names for rhyming. bush sounds easy because it's nice one syllable name rhymes with tush, but that's disrespectful and i never did that. [laughter] when...
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john gadsby had a terrific reputation for his hospitality. he was known for the really great dinners that he would serve. so he was well known all over the area. and that's why the presidents of the united states would come here, because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. he left here to establish restaurants in baltimore and then in washington city. when you think about george washington, you always think about him as winning the revolutionary war and being the president and being this real stiff character on your dollar bill. but here at gadsby's tavern, you see him as a human being. you see him dining and drinking, having a glass, dancing -- he loved to dance -- telling stories, meeting his friends here, having conversations. you see him as a real person here at gadsby's tavern and not as a statue. we're in right now the ballroom of gadsby's tavern, and george washington loved to dance. and all the ladies really wanted to dance with him. to dance with the most famous person in the united states was a big thrill. and
john gadsby had a terrific reputation for his hospitality. he was known for the really great dinners that he would serve. so he was well known all over the area. and that's why the presidents of the united states would come here, because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. he left here to establish restaurants in baltimore and then in washington city. when you think about george washington, you always think about him as winning the revolutionary war and being the...
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so they called him john john and stanley called them irving. anyway, mrs. kennedy took a vacation and she went to greece after the death of their child in august of 63, little patrick bouvier kennedy and the day she left washington ellen lincoln called stanley and said the president said the coast is clear and you had better get over here. so stanley arrived at the white house and he waited and i guess guess -- yes, this is probably the most iconic photograph taken of the president in the oval office. john john came over to say goodnight to his father and he ran to play in his secret place which was under the president's desk. he popped out and open the door and stanley new that he had a photograph. and stanley said to me, he said i know when i shove off that's the only picture anybody is ever going to remember, and it is quite true in all of his obits they did run this picture. this is caroline coming down to see her father before she started school up in the white house solarium. mrs. kennedy didn't want the children to be going out to school so she start
so they called him john john and stanley called them irving. anyway, mrs. kennedy took a vacation and she went to greece after the death of their child in august of 63, little patrick bouvier kennedy and the day she left washington ellen lincoln called stanley and said the president said the coast is clear and you had better get over here. so stanley arrived at the white house and he waited and i guess guess -- yes, this is probably the most iconic photograph taken of the president in the oval...
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john boehner does not have that much control. when did he party came to town is one of the best books of the congress that is behind it and everybody should read it. but a lot of people and republicans would argue favorite be happy to be at the white house every week starting five years ago these relationships should not have gone beyond so weakly cocktail parties. gerhard he tried is perfectly valid in the question whether john cater represents where the power or the energy or the fear of his caucus. and tip o'neill had the incredible growth of his caucus ronald reagan had a strong verbally pulpit with a greater handle and barack obama and john and hater are weekend with their positions to make it hard to have the relationship anyway. >> even if he ready to be permitted in this caucus is even a question. >> ted cruz to the rift yesterday in iowa with the reagan revolution this and that. that is one of the great opening questions would he be nominated now? i don't know the answer to that. >> have you watched house of cards and ho
john boehner does not have that much control. when did he party came to town is one of the best books of the congress that is behind it and everybody should read it. but a lot of people and republicans would argue favorite be happy to be at the white house every week starting five years ago these relationships should not have gone beyond so weakly cocktail parties. gerhard he tried is perfectly valid in the question whether john cater represents where the power or the energy or the fear of his...
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john mackey would love that. e-mailed me the documents and send a word file which the prepublication was john actually read it. he invited us to come and meet and have dinner together. at that time i had in mind not vision that i had created. after 25 years of teaching business does discover a whole other way from a disillusioned marketing professor of is not as excited. i think your companies do these wonderful things and they are more successful. how come we don't know about this? i had in mind not been efficient for what i was going to institute a new capitalism. the acronym being ink. i wish i was not to people to get some kind of non-profits at that point they get a movement and studies professors change the way we teach business. i wasn't getting much headway in that. i showed it to johnny said that's exactly what i do, my vision of what i want to do, but i just color conscious capitalism. seemed like an odd phrase at the time to me, but over time really grown to love it because it's exactly what we are tal
john mackey would love that. e-mailed me the documents and send a word file which the prepublication was john actually read it. he invited us to come and meet and have dinner together. at that time i had in mind not vision that i had created. after 25 years of teaching business does discover a whole other way from a disillusioned marketing professor of is not as excited. i think your companies do these wonderful things and they are more successful. how come we don't know about this? i had in...
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john gadsby had a terrific reputation for hospitality. he was known for the really great dinners that he would serve, so he was well known all over the area, and that's why the presidents of the united states would come here, because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. he left here to establish restaurants in baltimore and then in washington city. when you think about george washington, you always think of him as winning the revolutionary war and being the president and being this real stiff character on your dollar bill. but here at gadsby's tavern, you can see him as a human being. you see him dining and drinking, having a glass, dancing, he loved to dance, telling stories, meeting his friends here, having conversations. you see him as a real person here at gadsby's tavern, not as a statue. we're in right now the ballroom of gadsby's tavern, and george washington love today dance. and -- loved to dance. and all the ladies really wanted to dance with him, to dance with the most famous person in the united states wa
john gadsby had a terrific reputation for hospitality. he was known for the really great dinners that he would serve, so he was well known all over the area, and that's why the presidents of the united states would come here, because it was probably the best place to eat in this entire area. he left here to establish restaurants in baltimore and then in washington city. when you think about george washington, you always think of him as winning the revolutionary war and being the president and...
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john. and todd. he's the among the nation's leading authority on 18th century newspaper as you can no doubt tale. he's one of the most significant collections in american newspaper containing the earliest printed report and battle of 1763 to 1783. he's the cure rater and publisher of an online museum of historically significant newspaper dating back to the 16th century. todd andrlik we'll open the up and answer "panel. let my say that todd has done something extraordinary with the book. i didn't know -- i got a call a couple of years ago from a guy who collects newspapers that he wanted to do a book and i said that's great, and what he has done in the book is taken these newspapers, these primary sources and published them, and in itself isn't unique. those who are fortunate enough to live in boston or other places that have great research library we can got boston public library and get a lot of newspaper. todd has taken them and put them in a bock. he did something even more great which is to assem
john. and todd. he's the among the nation's leading authority on 18th century newspaper as you can no doubt tale. he's one of the most significant collections in american newspaper containing the earliest printed report and battle of 1763 to 1783. he's the cure rater and publisher of an online museum of historically significant newspaper dating back to the 16th century. todd andrlik we'll open the up and answer "panel. let my say that todd has done something extraordinary with the book. i...
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a chapter called john brown's friend about john jones. one night in 1856 of band of men moved through the streets of chicago, they stopped before a darkened house. the leader went to the door and rapped sharply and the others waited in the shadows. the door was opened and a shaft of yellow lamplight fell on the man outside. he was tall and gaunt with piercing eyes and a heavy beard. the man extended his hand. john brown grabbed the hand of allan pinkerton, famous detective and later abraham lincoln's bodyguard. pinkerton, an active abolitionists of the men into his house and they were all john brown's men. all of that except for 11 escaped slaves headed for canada. pinkerton took brown to the home of a mutual friend with whom brown stayed on other occasions, that of john jones, the free negro and leader in the fight for equal rights as well as permanent business. a little-known story of john jones. and a popular rendezvous for abolitionists, black and white, among the thousand african-americans who've lived in the state in 1860. and a few
a chapter called john brown's friend about john jones. one night in 1856 of band of men moved through the streets of chicago, they stopped before a darkened house. the leader went to the door and rapped sharply and the others waited in the shadows. the door was opened and a shaft of yellow lamplight fell on the man outside. he was tall and gaunt with piercing eyes and a heavy beard. the man extended his hand. john brown grabbed the hand of allan pinkerton, famous detective and later abraham...
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he was like john stuart mill. he was like james madison and away in believing in james madison read when he was a student at princeton. so i stay with him. he is coming in now, the first great intellectual influence. this magazine, everybody read it. everybody got it, to describe to it. his fellow students at princeton were still reading it 20 centimeters later. so then i moved to the lisa strafford hall. it was the house. this house on a book cover. rick goes there. i mean, it is so beautiful. in fact, 15 of the british artist taureans said this is so architecturally sophisticated is designed. but it wasn't. it was designed by virginia born william wilkins. nobody knows anything about it. >> maybe my judgment of the houses affected by the oddity of the inhabitants. >> is an extraordinary? you have these four brothers who were there. richard henry lee, francis lightfoot lee and are thoroughly and from sisters. and then, the next owner of the town was seriously, the dashing commander in the revolutionary war who wo
he was like john stuart mill. he was like james madison and away in believing in james madison read when he was a student at princeton. so i stay with him. he is coming in now, the first great intellectual influence. this magazine, everybody read it. everybody got it, to describe to it. his fellow students at princeton were still reading it 20 centimeters later. so then i moved to the lisa strafford hall. it was the house. this house on a book cover. rick goes there. i mean, it is so beautiful....
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my people are people like ross perot, john mccain. they tend to lose. last back i was very pleased to see bob dole back on the senate floor last week. he was one of my favorites. not simply because he's from my part of the world, but dole arrives at the lot of things. old king cole, sautÉed desk girl the people who actually won the presidency tend to have that names for rhyming. bush sounds easy because it makes one syllable name, rhymes with such, but that's just respect for what i never did that. when george h.w. bush left office, i wanted to write him a poem unfortunately hunted lot of no names. so the poem was a do to you george herbert walker, though never treasured as a talker, your predicates are often prone to wander now must off a loan. [laughter] you did your best and your own way, the way of greenwich country day. to just relax and take your ease and never order chat me. [laughter] clinton is a very bad name. i have often said that clinton is the orange of american presidents. in bill clinton's second term, during the unpleasantness, remembe
my people are people like ross perot, john mccain. they tend to lose. last back i was very pleased to see bob dole back on the senate floor last week. he was one of my favorites. not simply because he's from my part of the world, but dole arrives at the lot of things. old king cole, sautÉed desk girl the people who actually won the presidency tend to have that names for rhyming. bush sounds easy because it makes one syllable name, rhymes with such, but that's just respect for what i never did...
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is two recent books called end of days, the assassination of john f. kennedy and the presentation this afternoon which is the president has been shot, the assassination of john f. kennedy. mr. swanson? [applause] >> thank you very much. to give you fair warning the book that has been published in case you want to leave, this is a children's book. and at the festival. my adult book, an end of days is coming out in a couple weeks. i don't see many kids here so i thought i would give you a advance notice that i'm talking about this children's book today. whenever i hear authors talk i don't like to see them read from their books or read from a script. if they are going to do that i could just read the book anyway so why go to the event? saltus will talk about how i did this book and how i'd do my books and why do these. i am interested to know the back story. everything i have done as a writer for, something i heard about as a child. even the kennedy assassination. i got into writing because of abraham lincoln. i was born on lincoln's birthday of february
is two recent books called end of days, the assassination of john f. kennedy and the presentation this afternoon which is the president has been shot, the assassination of john f. kennedy. mr. swanson? [applause] >> thank you very much. to give you fair warning the book that has been published in case you want to leave, this is a children's book. and at the festival. my adult book, an end of days is coming out in a couple weeks. i don't see many kids here so i thought i would give you a...
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this is produced by john griffith. and it is a wonderful account of the dances that were or being done, the newest and most fashionable. "the pleasure of love," "the pleasure of providence," "the morning gazette," all of these wonderful dances that we know and can imagine the men and women of providence in 1788 doing. and it's one of the strengths, i think, of historical society collections and libraries in general, is that they aren't just repositories of the works of luminaries and great thinkers such as a roger williams, but they really are places where people can find the cultural history and find out more about the dalety life of -- daily life of everyday people and how they would have been expressing themselves whether in word, dance, music, film in the 20th century. and the collections here have all of that, and i think this is a wonderful example of an early piece of our cultural history. the next piece we have hearkens back a bit even though it's a later period, it's 1806. many people might now that rhode isla
this is produced by john griffith. and it is a wonderful account of the dances that were or being done, the newest and most fashionable. "the pleasure of love," "the pleasure of providence," "the morning gazette," all of these wonderful dances that we know and can imagine the men and women of providence in 1788 doing. and it's one of the strengths, i think, of historical society collections and libraries in general, is that they aren't just repositories of the...
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john simmons was on the board. you know, publishers of both papers. and it was, you know, a dynamic group. i knew these men. we made an appointment to go see john. well, his sister-in-law, his brother and he adored and died. his sister-in-law and still had an office next to john. he called there. he sat down. a tell the story. all of a sudden the sister-in-law excused herself. then his assistant excused herself. we were sitting with john simmons behind that huge task. he's about 64. i always thought of them as mr. dallas. he did not say a word. finally he spoke. he said, well, it has to be done. you go head. [laughter] so it's that kind of adventure. >> in the early 80's this exhibit ran into a number of delays and obstacles outside forces. i want to just go through a couple of these. initially the national park service did not consider this to be an historic site worth preserving. initial fund-raising efforts were not successful. in the attempted assassination of president reagan brought attention back on dallas. john hinckley bought the gun used to
john simmons was on the board. you know, publishers of both papers. and it was, you know, a dynamic group. i knew these men. we made an appointment to go see john. well, his sister-in-law, his brother and he adored and died. his sister-in-law and still had an office next to john. he called there. he sat down. a tell the story. all of a sudden the sister-in-law excused herself. then his assistant excused herself. we were sitting with john simmons behind that huge task. he's about 64. i always...
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because john quincy adams was the descendent of john adams and founding fathers. we enter a different world now. we are not in the revolutionary era. we can't look back in the same way we are look forward. what we have to look forward to is a series of refusal for good and ill that come to be known as the period before, during, and after the civil war. so it's very interesting. kind of continuity in that particular way. that we see history as also being embodied by humans who have such a direct and powerful response to it. >> -- and the other genre contribute in a way toward your decision to -- >> right. absolutely. haw thorn, i'm interested in the fact that nathaniel haw thorn, a man who died during the civil war in 1864 was also a man -- we often associate with salem in the early witchcraft trials with really, you know, 17th century america not 19th century america. her he was a man who met lincoln. he called him one of the homeliest men he ever met, as a matter of fact. and if that wasn't enough, one of his dearest friends was a president of the united states n
because john quincy adams was the descendent of john adams and founding fathers. we enter a different world now. we are not in the revolutionary era. we can't look back in the same way we are look forward. what we have to look forward to is a series of refusal for good and ill that come to be known as the period before, during, and after the civil war. so it's very interesting. kind of continuity in that particular way. that we see history as also being embodied by humans who have such a direct...
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he managed to get john to the jfk assassination. jim garrison, the better known as kevin costner these days, the new orleans da who is investigating the kennedy assassination in the six ease. jim garrison tried to get involved in this investigation and after we busted, garrison started discussing out and suggesting he had been part of in a press release claiming that the scorpion had close he associated with lee oswald. not just in the marines, but a number of locations in new orleans in september, 1963. he gave a deposition before new orleans grand jury at the beginning 1968 and experience convinced garrison's team wasn't interested in justice. among other things, team members are pigeonholing him as a conservative. i explained several times than i am neither a traditionalist diuresis, but i oppose the john birch society bypasses today's political can to reduce them he wrote shortly afterwards. when i just am a right-winger so far as individualism that by rightists and is more anarchistic than authoritarian. they spread through the
he managed to get john to the jfk assassination. jim garrison, the better known as kevin costner these days, the new orleans da who is investigating the kennedy assassination in the six ease. jim garrison tried to get involved in this investigation and after we busted, garrison started discussing out and suggesting he had been part of in a press release claiming that the scorpion had close he associated with lee oswald. not just in the marines, but a number of locations in new orleans in...
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i don't know if anyone called him john. except his brother, nick, who wrote, it's not quite a book for wrote about his brother. he was a very formal man and he called him john. but i don't know if anybody else but here's a more substantive question. do you know what the most radical vision of the future of computing was around the time of your father? did it can hold? >> i don't know so much about isf. i know my father, his radical visions. at some point i guess was right after world war ii he wrote a letter to george dyson's father and a longtime faculty member, and he said i'm not thinking about something much more important than bombs. i'm thinking about computers. because his main goal, scientific goal for these very high-powered computing machines was in long range weather forecasting, and ultimately whether control. he felt out any future international conflict, it would be whether control and not bombs that would carry the day. and there is an institution, and i forgot now what the initials are, in boulder, colorado,
i don't know if anyone called him john. except his brother, nick, who wrote, it's not quite a book for wrote about his brother. he was a very formal man and he called him john. but i don't know if anybody else but here's a more substantive question. do you know what the most radical vision of the future of computing was around the time of your father? did it can hold? >> i don't know so much about isf. i know my father, his radical visions. at some point i guess was right after world war...
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we had john hodgman from "the daily show" who came out and helped us to it. being in a bookstore on a friday night people, okay so all of us really, all of us. i want to say the most important thing of all and it will be the most important thing i say tonight is thank you. everything i say after that we'll be will be straight downhill and i will tell you some of this is a big thank yous to the end. but we are here to talk about is the "the fifth assassin." people say what you where do you get your ideas for the book? i will tell you about this. nobody gets crazier e-mailed to me. the last time i was asked at the store for the inner circle someone brought me the holy grail. is that guy here? i have to ask first. he's not here? then let's talk about him because here's what happened. i promise you this is true. there was standing right of there and he comes up to me earlier and he is like red, do you want to see the holy grail? he had the crazy eyes going back and forth and i'm like you brought the holy grail all the way to barnes & noble how do i not say yes? i
we had john hodgman from "the daily show" who came out and helped us to it. being in a bookstore on a friday night people, okay so all of us really, all of us. i want to say the most important thing of all and it will be the most important thing i say tonight is thank you. everything i say after that we'll be will be straight downhill and i will tell you some of this is a big thank yous to the end. but we are here to talk about is the "the fifth assassin." people say what...
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maybe john will tell us how he was able to pull this off. please help me welcome john turner to the gaithersburg took festival. [applause] >> thank you. today i'm going to -- [inaudible] i will be loud. i will do my part. today i'm going to introduce you to a man who believed in a plurality of gods, a plurality of wives and a unity of power. that was a very explosive combination in mid-19th century america. reagan young, a man who presided over the colonization of a thousand mile stretch of the american west whose spiritual fire builds up and saved a church, whose actions prompted the president to send one fifth of the u.s. army to utah and who married 55 women along the way. were it fiction his would be perfectly preposterous. i want you to first meet brigham young shortly after one of his greatest successes. in november of 1847 young bus about 46 years of age. he was at the time a strong barrel-chested man about my height, with a full head of the sandy red hair. the previous summer young had led 150 mormon pioneers to the salt lake valley.
maybe john will tell us how he was able to pull this off. please help me welcome john turner to the gaithersburg took festival. [applause] >> thank you. today i'm going to -- [inaudible] i will be loud. i will do my part. today i'm going to introduce you to a man who believed in a plurality of gods, a plurality of wives and a unity of power. that was a very explosive combination in mid-19th century america. reagan young, a man who presided over the colonization of a thousand mile stretch...
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he pulls back the curtain and behind the curtain is this giant said john foster dulles. the bus stands in the middle to speak airport. so i went to see if i was writing this book and i could find it. i started asking the security guards, was the big foster dulles? no one had heard of it. it is a long process and finally thanks to the washington airport authority, i was able to discover the bus had been taken away from its place in the middle of the airport and it now on a closed conference room opposite baggage claim number three. i find this a wonderful metaphor for how the dulles brothers who at one time exercise earth shattering power and were able to make and break government had now been effectively forgotten and airbrushed out of entire his area.
he pulls back the curtain and behind the curtain is this giant said john foster dulles. the bus stands in the middle to speak airport. so i went to see if i was writing this book and i could find it. i started asking the security guards, was the big foster dulles? no one had heard of it. it is a long process and finally thanks to the washington airport authority, i was able to discover the bus had been taken away from its place in the middle of the airport and it now on a closed conference room...
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john c. underwood and solomon p. chase, the chief justice of the supreme court whom he knew for many years. he was the governor of ohio, underwood and chase wanted douglass to come to stray to start a newspaper in virginia. he was reluctant he knew the financial burden it entailed. martin is one of the folks -- same thing with the douglass come down to washington. he was born as a slave. he ran away. he made his name in boston. he comes to washington. he was very influential and basically persuading douglass to start a newspaper. i don't know if i mentioned his name. his name is john martin. as you can see, he's like a modern photograph. you see a lot of -- it's kind of an interesting fellow. he actually committed suicide in 1876 in new orleans. this is the city directly from 1871. new national error published every tuesday morning. 418 11th street. douglass editor and publisher. a couple of quick notes since we have c-span here. the book in 1990 about douglass said it was published in across the river. it's dismissi
john c. underwood and solomon p. chase, the chief justice of the supreme court whom he knew for many years. he was the governor of ohio, underwood and chase wanted douglass to come to stray to start a newspaper in virginia. he was reluctant he knew the financial burden it entailed. martin is one of the folks -- same thing with the douglass come down to washington. he was born as a slave. he ran away. he made his name in boston. he comes to washington. he was very influential and basically...
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i knew these men and we made it a point to go and see john. his brother whom he had it toward head died and his sister-in-law still had an office next to john. he called his longtime assistant in and sat down as i told the story with the slides. all of a sudden wonderful grace stemming six future self and his assistant excused herself and conover and i were sitting with john stemmons behind this big desk. he is about 6 feet 4 inches. he didn't say a word and finally he spoke. he said well it has to be done. you girls go ahead. [laughter] so it was that kind of adventure. >> in the early 80s this exhibit ran into a number of delays and obstacles and outside forces. i want to go through a couple of these. initially the national park service did not consider this to be an historic site worth preserving. initial fund-raising efforts were unsuccessful. the attempted assassination of president reagan brought attention to on dallas. john hinckley had brought the gun used to shoot reagan here. that pushed fund-raising under the table for a couple of y
i knew these men and we made it a point to go and see john. his brother whom he had it toward head died and his sister-in-law still had an office next to john. he called his longtime assistant in and sat down as i told the story with the slides. all of a sudden wonderful grace stemming six future self and his assistant excused herself and conover and i were sitting with john stemmons behind this big desk. he is about 6 feet 4 inches. he didn't say a word and finally he spoke. he said well it...
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citizens united, i find john mccain on campaign finance reform twice. his bill still is worthless and i i will tell you that today. it's as worthless as it was back then. he made loopholes and 527 that you could drive mack truck through but at the end of the day will citizens united ruling and a lack of truth in the campaign finance reform bill that time you have a situation today where the super pac comes along, we can pick on carl row four pic on george soros whichever side of the aisle you want to skewer. the average member in order to counter that needs $3 million which is $10,000 a day they have to raise. they take their staffer and they go across the street on federal time and they get on the telephone. .. i had an addiction, and today there is another addiction as to the campaign contributions and they need an intervention and it is the public intervention. a beautiful place they can make it even better so i address a lot of issues in the
citizens united, i find john mccain on campaign finance reform twice. his bill still is worthless and i i will tell you that today. it's as worthless as it was back then. he made loopholes and 527 that you could drive mack truck through but at the end of the day will citizens united ruling and a lack of truth in the campaign finance reform bill that time you have a situation today where the super pac comes along, we can pick on carl row four pic on george soros whichever side of the aisle you...
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thank you, john. >> we are here with john avlon for music and "the daily beast." they written the second volume of the book, "deadline artists: scandals, tragedies and triumphs," this one on scandals, tragedies and triads. >> and we didn't even know about the petraeus scandal, but we can say, the latest is the best that here because we didn't write it. >> we actually went up collected dozens and dozens, richer hundreds to put together for people who like newspaper columns. you can't buy them all in one place, so we did the picking for you. it's a great american art form. ernie pyle, murray cantin. this is literature, an american art form and its history written the present tense and gives you did on our own scandals, tragedies and triads. >> you can read it a try what about earthquakes or floods or political scandal or you can read the way people were talking about it. writing about it at the time. >> we think of contemporary terms that no precedent. close in on scandals like the 30s, 40s or 50s that would make something that came. >> one of the things if they giv
thank you, john. >> we are here with john avlon for music and "the daily beast." they written the second volume of the book, "deadline artists: scandals, tragedies and triumphs," this one on scandals, tragedies and triads. >> and we didn't even know about the petraeus scandal, but we can say, the latest is the best that here because we didn't write it. >> we actually went up collected dozens and dozens, richer hundreds to put together for people who like...
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john f. kennedy to lyndon johnson. this is about an hour. >>> i think the question when you write a book like this, the first question that you have to answer is do we really need another book about the kennedy assassination? is there anything new to be said about the assassination of president ken i can? are there new materials that have suddenly become available not available for the past 46 years that allow us to see these event in a different light? obviously my answer to that question is yes, for selfish purposes. most of the people. -- it's because of initiatives that kennedy had taken. these issues are fascinating, and they have inspired what is and remain and will remain a passionate debate among people on all different sides of this issue. that's not what this book is about. i am not writing a book about what shot jfk. i have no new theory to offer about where the bullets came from or who shot jfk. actually a very different book. what i'm interested in is not who shot jfk. i'm interested in the trants for of p
john f. kennedy to lyndon johnson. this is about an hour. >>> i think the question when you write a book like this, the first question that you have to answer is do we really need another book about the kennedy assassination? is there anything new to be said about the assassination of president ken i can? are there new materials that have suddenly become available not available for the past 46 years that allow us to see these event in a different light? obviously my answer to that...